#8A889E#8A889E

#8A889E is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.033 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A889E
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(245, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(245, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, 5.31, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 12.57, 294.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.011 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.033 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4557, 25.4800, 35.9182)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A889E #9C9E88

analogous

#88919E #8A889E #95889E

triadic

#8A889E #9E8A88 #889E8A

tetradic

#8A889E #9E8891 #9C9E88 #889E95

square

#8A889E #9E8891 #9C9E88 #889E95

split-complementary

#8A889E #9E9588 #919E88

monochromatic

#4F4D5F #6B6980 #8A889E #ABAAB9 #CCCBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8A889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8A889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A889E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A889E	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.033 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaba',
    500: '#8a889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a889e;
$custom-light: #acaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 10.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63594,
    "c": 0.0327,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A889E

secondary

#C5C5BC

accent

#B375AD

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A889E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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